HAPPY NEW YEAR 2015!!!

AHUKUMIWA KIFO KWA KUMUUA ALIYETAKA KUMBAKA

Reyhaneh Jabbari mwenye umri wa miaka 26 amehukumiwa kunyongwa baada ya kukutwa na hatia ya kumuua mtu mmoja ambaye alifanya jaribio la kumbaka. 

 

Taarifa iliyoripotiwa na CNN inasema mwanamke huyo amenyongwa katika gereza la Tehrain, Iran ambapo alikuwa amefungwa baada ya kutenda kosa hilo mwaka 2007 wakati huo akiwa na umri wa miaka 19.
 

Mwanamke huyo amekutwa na hatia hiyo kutokana na kosa la kumuua aliyekuwa mfanyakazi wa wizara ya ulinzi na usalama nchini Iran, Morteza Abdolali.
 

Shirika la kimataifa la haki za binadamu Amnesty International limelaani kitendo cha Iran kutoa hukumu hiyo, ambapo mbali na jitihada ya kampeni mbali mbali zilizofanywa ikiwemo zile za kwenye mitandao ya kijamii katika kuipinga hukumu hiyo kuonekana kutozaa matunda.
 

Taarifa kutoka nchini humo zinasema mahakama ilitoa hukumu hiyo baada ya kutojiridhisha na utetezi alioutoa mahakamani kwamba alitenda kosa hilo akiwa anajilinda.
 

Utafiti wa Umoja wa Mataifa wa mwaka 2011 unaonesha Iran ni moja ya nchi zinazoongoza kwa ukiukwaji wa haki za binadamu ambapo nchi hiyo ina wastani wa kutoa hukumu ya kunyongwa mtu 1 kila baada ya masaa 8

THE EVIL NATURE OF FGM

http://www.mgf.uab.es/eng/fgm_c.html

FGM/C is mainly performed in 28 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and in parts of the Middle East and Asia (Yemen, Oman, and Northern Iraq, as well as parts of India, Malaysia, and Indonesia, among others). However, with the migratory movements, what once was local is now global: FGM/C is in Diaspora and it is found in Europe, Australia, United States of America, etc. where migrants bring along their cultures.

Where is FGM/C practiced?

FGM/C is mainly performed in 28 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and in parts of the Middle East and Asia (Yemen, Oman, and Northern Iraq, as well as parts of India, Malaysia, and Indonesia, among others). However, with the migratory movements, what once was local is now global: FGM/C is in Diaspora and it is found in Europe, Australia, United States of America, etc. where migrants bring along their cultures.

·

What are the different types of FGM/C?

The World Health Organization classified FGM/C into four types, dependent on severity:

·         Type I: partial or total removal of the clitoris and/or prepuce (clitoridectomy);

·         Type II: partial or total removal of the clitoris and labia minora, with or without excision of the labia majora (excision);

·         Type III: narrowing of the vaginal orifice with creation of a covering seal by cutting and appositioning the labia minora and/or the labia majora, with or without excision of the clitoris (infibulation);

·         Type IV: all other harmful procedures done to the female genitalia for nonmedical purposes (e.g., pricking, piercing, incising, scraping, dry sex and cauterization).

What are the consequences of FGM/C?

All types of FGM/C have consequences that undermine the health and well-being of newborns, girls, and women throughout their lives. The practice has a negative impact on child and maternal health, increasing the risk of childbirth complications and newborn deaths.

·         Short-term complications

Severe pain, shock, haemorrhage, urine retention, infections such as tetanus or sepsis

·         Long-term complications

Chronic pain, recurrent bladder and urinary tract infections, keloids, fibrosis, primary infertility, psychological sequela/trauma, HIV/AIDS

CLOSING THE GENDER

A WOMAN JAILED FOR TRYING TO WATCH MEN'S VOLLEYBALL MATCH

A British woman has been locked up in a notorious jail in Iran – for trying to watch a men's volleyball match. Ghoncheh Ghavami, 25, was arrested and taken to Tehran's Evin jail a few days after attempting to watch a volleyball match between Iran and Italy on June 20.

She has spent 41 days in solitary confinement, according to her family.

Ms Ghavami went to the Azadi Stadium – which ironically means 'freedom' - with other women to protest against Iran's stricture, introduced after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, forbidding females to attend male sporting events

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2750684/British-woman-Ghoncheh-Ghavami-jailed-two-months-Iran-trying-watch-men-s-volleyball-match-Tehran.html#ixzz3CyoasNJo
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT

BREASTFEEDING WEEK 1-8 TH AUGUST

ARMY MATERNITY WEAR

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2680051/Army-maternity-wear-not-fit-purpose-Bosses-forced-spend-thousands-improve-kit-complaints-angry-mums-be.html

A Tanzania lady with mysterious control of football

Fiorella Castillo:A lady in Football

R.I.P MAYA ANGELOU

The caged bird who helped free the minds of racist America: Poet Maya Angelou is found dead aged 86 after final prophetic tweet

Maya Angelou, the groundbreaking poet and author who inspired millions of Americans with her moving memoirs and works of fiction, is dead at 86.

A caretaker found Angelou dead at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on Wednesday morning when she arrived to check on the ailing poet

She was known as a poet and an author, but also wowed audiences as a dancer, singer, actress and director - appearing on stage, in film and on TV

·         She worked as a fry cook, a nightclub dancer, a civil rights activist and even a prostitute before she found fame

·         Her 1970 autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings became one of the first best-sellers written by a black woman

·         Tributes are pouring in from all corners of public life - from politicians like Nancy Pelosi to musicians like Mary J. Blidge and authors like J.K. Rowling

·         President Barack Obama revealed his own sister was named Maya as a tribute to her

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2641702/Maya-Angelou-dead-86.html#ixzz334uaM3Py
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

HONOR KILLINGS- A PERSISTENT BARBARIAN PRACTICE IN PAKISTAN

Mohammad Iqbal sits next to his wife Farzana's body. He told reporters that they had been in love but her family did not agree with their marriage
A pregnant woman has been stoned to death by her own family in front of a Pakistani high court - for marrying the man she loved. Nearly 20 members of the woman's family, including her father and brothers, attacked her and her husband with batons and bricks in broad daylight. Farzana Parveen, who was three months pregnant, was killed before a crowd of onlookers in front of the high court of Lahore, police have reported.

Police official Naseem Butt said the 25-year-old had married Mohammad Iqbal, with whom she had been engaged for years against the will of her family. Arranged marriages are considered normal among conservative Pakistanis, who view marriage for love as a transgression

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, a private organisation, said in a report last month that some 869 women were murdered in so-called honour killings in 2013.

But the Pakistani rights group, The  Aurat Foundation, has said the figure could be closer to a thousand and some estimate the true number could be higher still.Campaigners say few cases come to court, and those that do can take years to be heard. Even those that do result in a conviction may end with the killers walking free. Pakistani law allows a victim's family to forgive their killer.

But in honour killings, most of the time the women's killers are her family, said Wasim Wagha of the Aurat Foundation. The law allows them to nominate someone to do the murder, then forgive him.'This is a huge flaw in the law,' he said. 'We are really struggling on this issue.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2640632/Stoned-death-marrying-man-loved-Woman-attacked-sticks-bricks-20-members-OWN-family-broad-daylight-Pakistan.html#ixzz32ytHoh5M
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

WHEN RELIGION IS USED TO DENY WOMEN THEIR FREEDOM TO LOVE

While the Islamic Law in Sudan provides unlimited freedom to Muslim men to marry whoever they wish, it denies the same freedom to women. It’s time that the International Society introduced stern measure to end these uncouth and draconian Laws that are nothing but rather means designed by jealous men to quench their sexual ego the detriment of innocent women. Mariam Yahya Ibrahim’s case manifests the evil nature of these Laws.

This is the picture that could cost a pregnant woman in Sudan her life after being sentenced to death for converting to Christianity to marry her husband.

Mariam Yahya Ibrahim, 27, had been ordered to abandon her newly adopted Christian faith and return to Islam.

She had also been charged with adultery for marrying a Christian man. During yesterday's sentence hearing, Judge Abbas al Khalifa asked the pregnant mother whether she would return to Islam. But she said 'I am a Christian,' and the death sentence was handed down, judicial sources say.After the verdict her husband, Daniel Wani told CNN: 'I'm so frustrated. I don't know what to do. I'm just praying.'

A government spokesman said the ruling could be appealed in a higher court.

Outside the court, around 50 people held up signs that read 'Freedom of Religion', while some Islamists celebrated the ruling, chanting 'God is Greatest.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2628895/Sudanese-woman-eight-months-pregnant-flogged-death-unless-she.html#ixzz31qmAn17V
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

WOMEN TORTURE IN NEPAL

A seven-months pregnant Nepalese woman was set on fire by her husband after her family failed to pay him a dowry, which included a buffalo and a motorbike.

Rihana Shekh Dhafali, 25, lost her baby after her husband Farid Sheikh poured kerosene over her body and set her alight.

She also says her husband burned her genitalia with cigarettes and would assault her on a regular basis over the undelivered dowry.

Ms Shekh Dhafali, who had been living with her husband in Miyapur, India, was taken to hospital by members of her husband’s family on the premise that she would tell doctors that she had set fire to herself, a local human rights group said

When her father Mohammad Samim Shekh Dhapali found out about her injuries, he travelled to the hospital in India and brought her back to Nepal where she revealed the truth about her horrific burns.

She later miscarried her baby at seven months as a result of her injuries and the traumatic experience.

Ms Shekh Dhafali told human rights organisation Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) that her husband’s family had tied her hands behind her back and poured kerosene over her body before setting her on fire.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2621766/Seven-months-pregnant-wife-set-fire-Nepalese-husband-family-failed-motorbike-water-buffalo-dowry.html#ixzz311o6NH5M

WOMEN IN ACTION-YES THEY CAN!!

DEMONSTRATION AGAINST HUMILIATION OF WOMEN



Colonel and Huddah



Colonel and Huddah



Kenyan Musician Nyota Ndogo demonstrating against humiliation of women



While Colonel Mustapha (Kenyan artist) and Huddah Monroe may have enjoyed posing for the raunchy photos, their acts have provoked public outcry particularly among Women who think they have been humiliated. But then, does the accused know that their acts amount to humiliation of women?

The famous tabloids in Tanzania are always full of racy photos of our sisters who seem take delight in flaunting their bodies. It is rumored that most of the photos are not taken for modeling sake but to seduce men into fornication. If that is the case, can we say that tabloids are embracing prostitution by advertising the business?

My dedication to all women: Sweet Mother by Prince NicoMbarga